Here's my new benchmarks with 14.31.1. It doesn't compare with previous driver versions but should give you an idea of the capability of the G965 graphics.
My G965 benchmarks
System:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Intel DG965WH
2x1GB Transcend DDR2-800 5-5-5-15
WD 360GD Raptor for OS and main hard drive
160GB Seagate 7200RPM 8MB SATA2 300 for newer games
14.31.1 graphics driver(aka 6.14.10.4864)
Windows XP SP2
Company of Heroes
800x600(can't run at higher res as my monitor can only optimally support 1024x768. Some games run 1024x768 some don't)
Everything at High Settings, AA off
Average 10.7
High 27.5
Low 3.6
1024x768
Average 27
High 77
Low 5.9
Model Quality-High
Texture Detail/Physics/Effects Density/Model Detail-Medium
Shader Quality/Reflections/Building Detail/Tree Quality/Terrain Detail/Effects Fidelity-Low
Shadows/Object Scarring-off
Average 27.1
High 73.7
Low 6.8
Everything low
Average 27.3
High 74.7
Low 6.8
Supreme Commander
Enabling Shadow Fidelity will slow things down a lot. Disabling that will help performance more than anything else. Everything low at default res(1024x768) runs the game at 20-30 fps and I didn't notice lag. It seems its somehow limited at 30 fps. Probably fillrate becomes the limit at low detail.
Everything High and Shadow Fidelity off will play at 6-12 fps. It is possible to play if you want to .
The optimal setting for performance and image quality would be setting fidelity to low and then manually setting level of detail and terrain to medium/high. It doesn't impact performance too much. You can also play with Medium Fidelity and low/medium LoD and terrain detail.
With Anandtech's uATX(
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3072) benchmark settings I get 8.366 average fps, which is on par with other IGPs because I use a faster CPU, and Anandtech uses faster memory.
Command & Conquer 3
Command & Conquer 3 will need low settings to be playable. No need to put it ultra low, but just low. Putting the overall quality adjustment bar to all the way low will mean you'll get around 30-40 fps. Putting it to 2nd lowest setting is the most optimal Auto setting imo, that results in 25-30 fps. You may want to experiment with it for better visual quality/performance
I noticed 50% performance improvement in Company of Heroes with 1024x768 and MQ settings shown above going from 14.31 to 14.31.1.
Age of Empires 3
It runs superb at 1024x768 with Shader Quality at Medium and everything on. It gets 25-35 fps. If you want to push it you can get to High and get 15-20.
Battlefield 2
Has minor graphical glitches on the terrain(also mentioned by Intel). It gets 35-45 fps with 800x600 low quality, and 15-20 fps with 800x600 medium quality. I need to get timedemo like thing for this so I can test it properly lol
Bioshock
It reboots computer with a bluescreen after a while. It gets around 10-15 fps with 800x600 everything low.
World in Conflict
For some reason I can't get it to load the menu before the computer restarts with a bluescreen.
Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
1280x1024 Normal
-34.7
High
-32.4
